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TR [in Louisiana], 1915 [4] /  - movie film screenshot

TR [in Louisiana], 1915 [4] / - movie film screenshot

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Summary

Views of TR walking on beach; holding his hat, TR stands near bushes on an island and follows the flight of birds. Film photographed by Herbert K. Job of the National Audubon Society, on an expedition with TR to bird sanctuary islands off the Louisiana coast in June 1915.
Copyright: no reg.
Photographed by Herbert K. Job.
Appearing: President Theodore Roosevelt.
Duration: 0:20 at 18 fps.
Research indicates location is the Breton Island Reservation or one of the Audubon bird sanctuary islands off the coast of Louisiana; areas visited by TR included the Chandeleur Islands, Grand Isle, Breton Island, Bird Island, Last Island, Battledore Island, and Barataria Bay. Breton Island Reservation was established by Executive Order 369-A on Nov. 11, 1905. Exact location is undetermined.
FZA 0252 was formerly numbered FPB 9919. Renumbered to smaller can size to conserve vault space.
Sources used: The Times-picayune, New Orleans. 6/7/15:2; 6/8/15:16; 6/10/15:10; 6/12/15:1; 6/13/15:(real estate sec.):7; Scribner's magazine. v. 59, no. 3, 1916:261-280; Audubon magazine. v. 17, no. 5, 1915:410-412.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
National Park Service acquired from Roosevelt Memorial Association. RMA purchased from Pell Mitchell.
viewing print, dupe neg; Received: June 1976 from LC film lab; preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.

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Date

01/01/1915
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Contributors

Job, Herbert Keightley, 1864-1933, photographer.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals.
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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